February 2012
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“Watching a liturgy from such a gloomy and merciless author getting repurposed to...”
– Ned Beauman, on the use of Samuel Beckett’s “Fail better” as a business slogan. [via] (via thelistenerd)
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Be Better at Twitter: The Definitive, Data-Driven... →
Lessons in authentic self expression. With data!
Practice up.
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Startup Scans In-Store Surveillance Footage to... →
Millions of security cameras capture constant video at businesses and retail locations throughout the U.S., but for the most part their footage is only useful if someone shoplifts and cops need to check it out. But there’s a wealth of data buried in that video, from customer density to crowd shopping preferences. A new startup can analyze surveillance video to help business owners see what their...
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UI Press | Stephen Ramsay | Reading Machines:... →
Besides familiar and now-commonplace tasks that computers do all the time, what else are they capable of?
Stephen Ramsay’s intriguing study of computational text analysis examines how computers can be used as “reading machines” to open up entirely new possibilities for literary critics. Computer-based text analysis has been employed for the past several decades as a way of...
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Facebook division of labor and the rewired society... →
Zuckerberg also channels his inner Tom Peters and lectures investors on the “Hacker Way,” which is his appropriated term for a horizontalist management scheme in which everything is always beta. “Hacker culture is also extremely open and meritocratic”—of course it is, just like neoliberalism, or capitalism itself. Markets always let the deserving “win.” I’m sure the employees really love the...
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Surveillance drone industry plans PR effort to... →
The Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Systems Association (UAVSA), a trade group that represents the drone industry to the UK government, has recommended drones deployed in Britain should be shown to “benefit mankind in general”, be decorated with humanitarian-related advertisements, and be painted bright colours to distance them from those used in warzones.
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Is 3D printing the new virtual reality? - Boing... →
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January 2012
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Time declares Unconsumption one of "30 Must-See...
unconsumption:
(Readers’ Pick) When environmental advocates go on about sustainable living, the concept can seem murky at best. The Unconsumption project seeks to provide inspiration for everyday people to creatively reuse items and reduce waste. The Tumblr account provides creative ideas like using wine bottles as candle holders and turning board games into jewelry boxes.
Somehow it’s...
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MakerBot's 3-D Printers Let Consumers Dream Up... →
In Pettis’s view, the Thing-O-Matic is a particularly potent example of a “meta tool”—a tool to make other tools. “It’s like getting a superpower,” he says.
My story on MakerBot for Fast Company.
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